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I'd rather not eat anything sapient. Crabs, chicken, and beef? Fine, but I'm not eating anything smarter than a 5-year-old human. No octopi or corvids for me.
Hopefully you don't eat pigs then. They are one of the most intelligent animals.
I eat beef... But when you meet cows they are basically gigantic dogs...
Sometimes I go though phases where I don't want any meat... But eventually my brain pushes those feelings back..
That said fuck factory farming, I really wish we had a better system
So you're okay with eating toddlers, gotcha 👍
Sure, if they never grew up. But they do, so I won't.
They don't if you eat them first ...
Did you mean sentient? :)
No, I meant sapient. Sentient just means "reacts to outside stimuli." Plants are sentient. Its a really useless word.
Oh wow. Didnt know about that!
How do you judge that? There are very many species of animals and there is variation within each species.
Personally I just have a list of animals that I have enough respect for to never consider eating them. If I'm convinced enough, I'll add new animals to the list.
In most respects, I'd rank a five-year-old human mentally above a raven or octopus.